Radio makes it appear like you can get some sounds in a laptop and be the next dude. Those careers don't really last.
Pharoahe MonchThere's a need for pop. There's a need for radio. There's also a need to understand the brilliance and the depth of jazz and soul - and what hip-hop can be at its most brilliant and what hip-hop can be at its most simplistic.
Pharoahe MonchYou feel pressured to do what you think the public wants, when in actuality the sales aren't reflecting what the radio is doing. Not in the least bit!
Pharoahe Monch